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Item Ships From: Chicago
Tibetan Flint Striker with Leather Strap, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such strikers would hang from one's...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Steel, Gold Plate, Brass
Florence Resnikoff "Inner Strength" Wall Sculpture
By Florence Resnikoff
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Resnikoff "Inner Strength" Wall Sculpture,
Painted Canvass stretched over wire frame.
Resnikoff's work can be found in the permanent collections of the City and County of Sa...
Category
1960s Vintage Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
Craig Ellwood Painting Titled for Josef - Black #1
By Craig Ellwood
Located in Chicago, IL
Craig Ellwood Painting Titled for Josef - Black #1 1979-80 Painted Masonite and plywood
Elwood Mid-Century Modern Architect / Artist
Signed, titled, dated and numbered to verso ‘C.El...
Category
1970s Vintage Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Masonite, Plywood
"Olive Wheel Within"
By Florence Resnikoff
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Resnikoff "Olive Wheel Within" Wall Sculpture,
Painted Acrylic Polymer Canvass stretched over wire frame.
Resnikoff's work can be found in the permanent collections of the C...
Category
1960s American Vintage Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
Yoruba Omo Bell, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This four-sided brass face bell, known as omo, was created by an artisan of the Ijebu Yoruba People of Southern Nigeria. A mark of the wearer's rank and power, the bell would have be...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this fine Chinese headrest is hand-crafted of lacquered hide atop an elongated bamboo frame. Used while sleeping like a modern pillow, the headrest ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Hide
Set of Two Tibetan Tsa Tsa
Located in Chicago, IL
This stack of two molded ceramic tsa tsa bricks depict Buddhist deities. Each was a meditation created in a monastery by a Buddhist monk in training. They were...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Clay
Chinese Meditation Puddingstone Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Puddingstone is named for its unique composite nature, a suspension of multicolored pebbles that resemble raisins in a pudding. Historically, the unusual stone was favored by scholar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone, Steel
Silas Seandel Sun Spots Sculpture
By Silas Seandel
Located in Chicago, IL
Silas Seandel Sun Spots Sculpture, composed of Torch cut bronze, steel, copper and brass elements.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Steel
Bronze Wrathful Deity Ring, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural bronze object is a charming example of 19th-century metalwork. The bronze figure is formed as a Buddhist wrathful deity, weari...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
On the Deck, After Dinner with Mom - Bronze Still Life, Bird and Apples on Base
By Mary Block
Located in Chicago, IL
Mary Block
On the Deck After Dinner with Mom
bronze
6.75h x 9w x 11d in
17.14h x 22.86w x 27.94d cm
MBK009
Category
2010s North American Modern Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Red and Gold Incense Stands, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These hand-carved wooden pillars were once used to elevate burning incense in a shrine or altar display. An essential element of ritual prayer, incense i...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Tibetan Silver Repoussé Needle Case, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Lavishly decorated with repoussé, auspicious Buddhist symbols, and a bit of coral, this 19th century silver needle case was once filled with the nee...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Silver
Chinese Carpenter's Inkline Reel, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Given the beauty and thoughtful design of traditional Chinese furniture, it’s no wonder that Qing-dynasty carpenter’s tools were accorded the same att...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
"Case Runner" Helmet & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald, 2022
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars and the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Grocery-Getter" Helmet & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars and the branded attire of their imagined drivers. Futuristic forms imbued with history, each sculpture is an exercise in imagining the future through the lens of the past – or vice versa.
Entitled “Grocery-Getter," this helmet & jacket set is an homage to High-Low Foods, a Chicago-area grocery chain from the mid-20th century. Ever-appreciative of old-fashioned aesthetics, Fitzgerald captures the spirit of the grocery's painted purple facade in this colorful jacket...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Leather Tobacco Pouch and Netsuke, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the late 19th century during Japan's Meiji period, this petite leather tobacco pouch is accompanied by a small, wooden netsuke charm. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
"Pexto Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper
Mascaron from an American Movie Palace
Located in Round Top, TX
Mascaron from a movie palace. Fantastic paint/patina and subject matter. Great condition.
America, most likely Chicago
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Composition
Yoruba Osanyin Healing Staff, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To cure mental and physical ailments, Yoruba priests and diviners invoke the aid of Osanyin, the god of herbal medicines. Used in divination rituals to cure the afflicted, this iron ...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Headrest, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted of painted, lacquered hide, this extraordinary headrest was created in China's Jiangxi province over 150 years ago. Its pliable design enabled contour comfort - quite luxurio...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Hide
African Namji Fertility Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Doted on like an actual child, this carved doll was once owned by a young girl among the Namji people of northwest Cameroon. Carted around by its owner wherever she went and lovingly...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Auspicious Gourd Carpenter Line, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Given the beauty and thoughtful design of traditional Chinese furniture, it’s no wonder that Qing-dynasty carpenter’s tools were accorded the same att...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Bronze Medallion Commemorating Henry Baerer, Sculptor
Located in Round Top, TX
Bronze medallion commemorating Henry Baerer, Sculptor. Famous for the sculpture at The Puck Building, NYC. Great condition with wonderful patina.
Category
1980s American Vintage Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Fabric Bust
Located in Chicago, IL
Late 19th century French Fabric Bust.
Antique bust found in Paris was a shop display and is now a fantastic object with a rich and gorgeous patina.
Tur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Linen
Bronze & Wood Grill from the Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago
Located in Round Top, TX
Bronze and wood grill from the Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago. This piece was the top of an elevator cage.
Category
1930s American Vintage Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
Time Clock Bell on Wood Case
Located in Round Top, TX
Time clock bell from the Moto Guzzi factory. Has dove tailed case for mechanicals.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Curtis Jere Pop Art Strainer
By Curtis Jeré, C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1993, signed and dated, great vintage condition. Supersized C. Jere metal strainer wall sculpture from the company’s kitchen utensil series.
Category
1990s American Modern Chicago Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
